Staff from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will
conduct a workshop for the nearly 300 customers of a water company within a
resort development near the Teton County community of Victor on Tuesday, Aug.
12, at 7 p.m.

The workshop will be in the Snake River Room of the Teton
Springs Lodge and Spa, 19 Village Place, in Victor.

The Teton Springs Water and Sewer Company is seeking
commission approval to raise multi-family residential rates from $80 per
quarter to $150 and commercial rates from $240 per quarter to $450.
Single-family residential rates would actually decrease under the company’s
proposal from $240 per quarter to $150, but the company wants to assess an
“availability charge” of $75 per quarter to single-family residential lots and
$225 per quarter to commercial lots. The availability charge would be assessed
against inactive residential and commercial customers whose properties front an
existing water main but who have not yet connected to the system.

Staff from the commission will present information about the
company’s application and be available to answer questions from customers.
Representatives from the company may also be present to answer questions.

When built out, the resort development could serve up to 581
single-family residential lots, 14 commercial lots and 143 residential
multi-family units.

In June, the commission issued the company a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity, which means it is now a regulated utility
under the commission’s jurisdiction. The commission will establish rates that
allow the utility to recover its capital investment and its prudently incurred
costs of doing business in addition to a rate of return, which is also
established by the commission. In exchange for that guarantee, the utility
promises to serve all the customers within its assigned territory with reliable
service at just and reasonable rates.

Documents related to this case are available on the
commission’s Web site at www.puc.idaho.gov.
Click on the water icon, then on “Open Water Cases,” and scroll down to Case
No. TTS-W-08-01.